Selo

Any 981 Spyder owners tempted by this car, maybe not as a replacement, but as an addition? Or is it repetitive and would you let it sit?

CarAholic

From what I've read from the test drives it doesn't feel any different then a base Carrera.

Selo

Hmm. I don't read the reviews that way, especially not with RAS.

Zeus993

I spec'd one out the other day and unless it came with the 4.0 I just wasn't overly excited. Yes its got a MT and can spec it with the LWBS and rear-wheel steering etc... but with out a snotty 4.0 I just don't know. I think for the money ($167K CND) I'm more swayed to a 997.2 GT3 ($150K CND). Anyone else?

http://www.porsche-code.com/PJDNTQ19

And serious reality check here guys - does it get really any better than a Spyder for the money? I looked at a 997.2 GT3 RS and drove the pants off her and loved it but concluded that if I drove it more it would bite by leg off and my Gen-1 Spyder was about 90% of the driving experience (seriously IMO, maybe even 95%?) for the kind of driving that I do. Just sayin'...

mrd_spy

the S is a better car, I don't get the T one bit.

Marine Blue

In reality the T is similar in many ways to the GTS, it provides the buyer with a group of options that would be desireable if you’re not interested in bells and whistles.

Milehigh981

If I win one in the raffle, I'll happily add it to the Spyder. .
otherwise- not getting one, though I do like it in theory.

Maverick787

Looking at the specs on this car I don’t get the value, and would not take it over a Spyder. Also I would not add it as a supplementary car as they do too many of the same things and the Spyder is better in a class of its own. I would add a GT3 to the Spyder as they are two different cars I enjoyed that combo for awhile. Sold the RS for the year 458 because I wanted a V8 NA Ferrari boyhood dream, and its amazing. I could have traded the Spyder, but I let go of the RS which are easier to get vs the Spyder. Guys hold on to your Spyders ......a birdie at Porsche told me so take it for what it’s worth. Merry a Christmas.

Selo

Yeah, I don't know......I hear you, but I don't think I'll be able to drive the GT3 on suitable roads enough to really enjoy it......starting to think more everyday type cars are more fun. What fun will it be to commute 50 miles each direction on the highway, straight shot, with a GT3? Will feel like wasted miles, im afraid, and will end up not driving it, rather than put on wasted miles and decreasing value for no reason......which brings me back to thinking a more streetable car is more fun as a semi DD. Spyder is fun. GT500 is fun. Jeep is fun. GT3...hmmmmm, have my doubts.

Maverick787

Selo

991 GTS?

Maverick787

Nurburger

991.2T... meh.

Buy a GT3T, if you can.

spyderphile

911 T is a wasted opportunity! I had high expectations; now, I am disappointed. According "evo", the final drive ratio is same as C2 S; and, they found the gears still tall!! One of the key selling points of the T was close ratio gearing for better street-driving. However, Porsche did a half-*** job either willfully or by incompetence, or both! It also got that silly 7-speed MT! It is a pointless noise and yet another fragment of the cash cow. I wouldn't touch it! For a sporting 911, it needs to be either a GT3 or 997 gen. GT3's limits are probably too high for the streets. I would still go for it for that engine, sweet-shifting MT and 9k soundtrack!! And, rev the hell out of it all day long!

Zeus993

I agree with this Maverick - they do too many of the same things. I might even add the GT3 into that category as well. And this is where, for a second P-car, the air-cooled models come in. They are VERY different than a Spyder and IMO (and others, right Afshin, Amar,...) the perfection crib mate.